International

U.S. automaker GM slashes pensions at top level
13/06/2009 05:00
General Motors Corp. will significantly cut its senior executive pension plans as part of its bankruptcy restructuring, the company’s president says. General Motors President and Chief Executive Fritz Henderson speaks at the opening of its new Global...
Susan Boyle back on stage, wows crowd
13/06/2009 05:00
British singing sensation Susan Boyle made a comeback Friday when she stepped on to the stage first time for the Britain’s Got Talent live tour in Birmingham. Boyle, 48, was hospitalized after collapsing following her coming runners up in the...
UN Security Council adopts resolution expanding sanctions on DPRK
12/06/2009 05:00
The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution condemning “in the strongest terms” a recent nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and imposing new sanctions. The UN Security Council holds a conference at...
Airspeed sensors eyed in crash of Air France Flight 447
12/06/2009 05:00
An investigation of the crash of Air France Flight 447 is eying the possibility that defective airspeed sensors gave false readings to the plane’s computers, but officials say it will be a while before the cause of the mishap is known. Debris from...
IRNA: Iran’s Ahmadinejad wins presidential election with majority of votes
12/06/2009 05:00
Iranian incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has won the 10th presidential election with the majority of votes, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. Iran’s incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad casts ballot in the presidential...
U.S. offers $73 mln aid to Zimbabwe
12/06/2009 05:00
U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday announced a 73-million-dollar humanitarian aid “directly to the people in Zimbabwe.” U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in the Oval Office at the White House...
Blackrock agrees to acquire Barclays Global Investor
12/06/2009 05:00
BlackRock, Inc., one of the world’s largest publicly traded investment management firms, has announced it will acquire Barclays Global Investors (BGI) for 13.5 billion U.S. dollars. An employee walks out of Blackrock’s headquarters in midtown...